Decreased Rocky Mountain snowpack has slowed the winter release of heat-trapping CO2 gases from forest soils into the atmosphere, according to scientists.
Effects of climate change on Waterton-Glacier Int’l Park highlighted
Glacier National Park once was home to approximately 150 glaciers, but only 27 remain, and those are rapidly melting, according to CBD. Global warming is responsible for the disappearance of the park’s iconic glaciers.
California climate research signals water shortages, flooding risk
Scientists predicted that global warming is likely to change California river flows in ways that may result in both increased winter flood risk and summer water shortages — even within the same year.
Frosty Steamboat: Navigating the trail to deep powder
Late day at Steamboat, when the sun peaks through, the light shines directly on Heavenly Daze and Valley View runs, creating golden shadows that add to the mystique of this classic ski mountain.
Mary Jane lift closures expose hidden treasures
The frosting on the cake was the fact that the usually mild blue-black runs of Rainbow Cut and Lower Arrowhead Loop were also nearly empty, with large stashes of untracked powder adding a nice challenge to the descent.
Crested Butte — Edging toward the extreme of Colorado skiing
While Crested Butte’s calling card is its wealth of extreme terrain (the most lift-served extreme terrain in North America, according to the resort), the ski area also has plenty of intermediate and expert (single black diamond) terrain
Wyoming Bighorn Basin research links warming, vegetation changes
Analysis of the plant fossils showed that the plants from before and after the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum were from typical forests for the time, containing relatives of dawn redwood, alder, sycamore, walnut and sassafras.